Back from the USA!

That's right, we've been away from Dublin over the last two weeks visiting our friends and family in Iowa and New York City. The blog schedule chugged along at its usual pace throughout the trip thanks to several weeks of dedicated prewriting and scheduling. Remember the week-long retrospective? The timing couldn't have been better for a non-time-sensitive series like that!

The blog will continue the daily pace, and stories can again be fresher now that I'm writing again in real time from Dublin. Apologies if we didn't respond to a comment or contact request. We're back online again after a great holiday home.

Expect full recaps, stories, and photos in our Travel Monday posts coming up later this year. For now, here's a brief slideshow of some photo highlights from the trip. Look for our trip to the American supermarket, buy-stuff-by-the-pound thrift shops, and our amazing self-guided Ghostbusters film site tour in New York City.

That's a Triple Wendy's Burger

Ireland's Pink, Salty Meatsticks got Nothin' on This!

Corndogs, Another American Original

The Tail End of Dubuque's Annual Mayfly Invasion

Taco+Pizza=Awesome

Cheap Burgers and Cheap Beers at Paul's

Our Favorite Dubuque Bar Decor

Cheese and Onion, Eat Your Heart Out!

"The Yellow Ones Don't Stop"
-Buddy The Elf

Ghostbusters Tour: 5th Avenue Library

Ghostbusters Tour: The Firehouse

The Brooklyn Bridge is Longer than it Looks

Why Pay for a Statue Cruise with Free Ferries Around?

Lower Manhattan from said Free Ferry

New York Stock Exchange Station at Broad and Wall Street.
"We doin' big pimpin', spendin' gees" -Jay Z

Upper West Side over the Park

Ready to Keep Score at Yankee Stadium

Poor Man's Baseball Scorebook

Nathan's Hot Dogs, Coney Island

Coney Island Creepy

The Sealion Show at the NY Aquarium

This Upstate NY Beer's Cost Matched the Branding

YOU Can be the Next to Enjoy New York on the Cheap

Regular programming to return tomorrow as I get back into the daily grind of writing. Thanks for tuning in!